Best New York Comedy

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Brooke Van Poppelen

Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:

[FREE] six free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (6:00 pm-midnight),

[TOP PICK] stellar storyteller Adam Wade and comic Jake Goldman hosting a show in which top writers and comedians—who tonight are Jim O’Grady (The New York Times, Moth GrandSlam Champion), Ed Gavagan, and Bricken Sparacino—share their favorite campus anecdotes; plus a cake will be given to an audience member!; all at Real Tales of College (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] [FREE] rising star Kumail Nanjiani (Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report), Brooke Van Poppelen (sketch duo Macho!), Sean Donnelly (co-host of Ochi’s Motel, host of Little Seany Boy), and more at a new free weekly comedy show hosted by Matt Maragno & the luminous Margie Kment: Now We’re Talking (8:00 pm),

[FREE] typically stellar NYC stand-ups at a free weekly Brooklyn extravaganza hosted by Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:00ish pm),

[FREE] NYC stand-ups Jamie Lee, Nick Turner, Vicki Ferentinos, and Calvin Cato; plus sketch troupe consisting of Kevin Tor , Evan Morgenstern, and Jen Kwok; plus improv group Aww Shucks, at a free show hosted by Sharon “Mama” Spell: Shrink (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] an hour-long play made up on the spot by razor-sharp, passionate improvisors Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Moral Orel) and Christina Gausas (Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report) at Adsit & Gausas (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and a free, laid-back, and occasionally magical variety show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).

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